Summary

As an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations, the federally owned Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH supports the German Government in achieving its development-policy objectives.

GIZ is looking to fill the position of an Advisor for External Audit in the Good Financial Governance Programme (GFG).

Responsibilities

1. Responsibilities

The Advisor is responsible for

• Managing support to the partner institution i.e the National Audit Office of Tanzania (NAOT) in the context of GIZ’s Good Financial Governance Programme (GFG)
• In collaboration with the GIZ Senior Technical Advisor provide professional advisory services to institutional development programme initiatives and cooperate with a broad range of target groups within and outside NAOT
• Facilitating innovation, knowledge management and capacity building in both core and support functions of NAOT
• Assisting with analysis of complex technical processes on External Audit to facilitate adherence to International Audit Standards regarding Supreme Audit Instutions
• Proactively facilitate capacity building for NAOT staff and Oversight Committees of Parliament
• Applying of principles, concepts, practices and standards in the area of Public Financial Management (PFM), Risk Management, Systems and Control.

Tasks

1. Advising the partner institution

The Advisor

• Assists and monitors the development and implementation of programme plans and activities in close consultation with counterparts
• Contributes to preparing and implementing the coordination process, joint programme activities and work at the regional level
• Deals with the design, preparation and implementation of workshops, seminars and other events on issues connected with the programme’s area of activity
• Develops and organises quality assurance measures and suggests necessary changes, improvements and initiatives
• Contributes to achieving the objectives of GIZ’s Good Financial Governance Programme (GFG) in the Field of Action on External Audit.
• Provides technical in-depth advice on External Audit processes for NAOT, primarily as regards Compliance and Financial Audit using electronic working documentation programmes such as TeamMate.
• Facilitate that high-quality management and professional practices are well established and applied in the Tanzanian Supreme Audit Institution
• Promotes norms, standards and best practices of External Auditing in the Public Sector in accordance with international standards
• Assists NAOT in developing performance measures to monitor the effectiveness of External Audit processes and results
• Assists in strengthening dialogue with the Legislative and Executive Branches of Government so as to promote a common understanding of the role and need for independence of the Supreme Audit Institution (SAI) of Tanzania in exercising accountability in the public sector
• Facilitates in cooperation with NAOT staff ready-to-use strategies and technical concepts, including guidelines, manuals and procedures
• Facilitates in formulating need based Terms of Reference (ToR) for and hiring of consultants to implement development activities
• Prepares appropriate inputs for various programme reports

2. Networking and Cooperation

The Advisor

• Supports cooperation, regular contact and dialogue with partners, assists with Public Relations (PR) work and cooperates with local communities, relevant organisations, non-governmental agencies and individuals in the programme environment and with other programmes to improve and maintain good working relationships
• Communicates local interests and efforts, forwards these and encourages sharing ideas and information for the benefit of the programme

3. Knowledge Management

The Advisor

• Ensures knowledge transfer to programme information
• Develops ready-to-use strategies and technical concepts, including guidelines, manuals and procedures
• Draws up reports and presentation documents
• Prepares appropriate input for various programme reports including annual reports, and contributes to the other reports required by the programme manager and GIZ Head Office
• Assists with research activities and studies on political issues which benefit joint programmes.

4. Coordination Tasks

The Advisor

• Assists with general programme planning and develops programme concepts including preparation, organisation and moderation of planning exercises and their implementation, management, monitoring, quality management, evaluation, communication and documentation
• Coordinates relevant programme activities at local level in consultation with the manager and in cooperation with the partners, both as regards implementation and preparing organisational aspects
• Compiles the relevant information for joint activities and assignments
• Handles order management on behalf of GIZ (e.g. offer preparation, impact monitoring, programme progress review, reporting)

5. Other duties/additional tasks

The Advisor 

• Performs other duties and tasks at the request of management
• Is working on cross cutting topics for the overall programme (e.g. Gender, impact monitoring)

Education and Qualifications

• A University Degree in a relevant discipline such as economics, finance, accounting, business administration or public administration.
• Professional Certifications such as Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)

Requirements

• At least 5 years of recent and relevant experience in Public Sector Auditing.
• Preferably, experience from working with or in a Supreme Audit Institution
• Working experience from Performance Audit would be an added value
• Skills and experience in executing control design assessments, identifying and mapping key risks, controls and gaps
• Experience and knowledge in creating, maintaining and interpreting technology policies, standards and procedures, and understanding their impact across organizations

Characteristics

• In-depth knowledge of the (political) environment, administrative structures and procedures
• Profound knowledge of complex public sector reform processes and their challenges/dynamics 
• Fluent written and oral knowledge of English and Swahili
• Willingness to frequent travels as required
• Excellent team, communication and reporting skills including the application of basic IT tools (e.g. MS Office 365)